A piece from Jonathan Baltera's graduate conducting recital.

The Musical Magic of Theater and Cinema 2/27/15

Just a clip from a piece we did at our annual outreach concert today. Winter's Night

[A version of This article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I had a girlfriend who believed that we are all capable of anything if we just put enough effort in.   Photo by _foam   She believed that ...

[A version of This article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] We are not all Born equal. Some have longer legs which helps them to win at hurdles or the high jump. Some have longer fingers which helps them to play jazz ...

Medley - live recording from our concert "Cold Hands Warm Hearts Includes: Thankful, A Child is Born, A Christmas Blessing, Let it be Me, Don't worry about Me

IT could be said that music is Liz Leatherdale's life. Not many of us are lucky enough to have made a vocation out of Pastimes, but Liz has managed to do so.   Colchester Born and bred, the mum-of one flrst picked up a musical instrument ag...

Program Notes: The fact that the text for This work even exists is a miracle. It was written by Abraham ("Abramek") Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Abramek was Born in 1930 in Lodz, Poland, and died 1944...  This).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(This).getParent().style.display='none';">moreProgram Notes: The fact that the text for This work even exists is a miracle. It was written by Abraham ("Abramek") Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Abramek was Born in 1930 in Lodz, Poland, and died 1944 in the infamous concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. He wrote This poem during the time that his family was trapped in the Lodz ghetto. This poem was not found until 1983 when Eliezer ("Lolek") Grynfeld, the poet's half-brother, discovered it among their late father's belongings. Choristers who sing This work will be transported on a magical flight around the world through time and space along with their audiences.  This).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(This).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Program Notes: The fact that the text for This work even exists is a miracle. It was written by Abraham ("Abramek") Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Abramek was Born in 1930 in Lodz, Poland, and died 1944...  This).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(This).getParent().style.display='none';">moreProgram Notes: The fact that the text for This work even exists is a miracle. It was written by Abraham ("Abramek") Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Abramek was Born in 1930 in Lodz, Poland, and died 1944 in the infamous concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. He wrote This poem during the time that his family was trapped in the Lodz ghetto. This poem was not found until 1983 when Eliezer ("Lolek") Grynfeld, the poet's half-brother, discovered it among their late father's belongings. Choristers who sing This work will be transported on a magical flight around the world through time and space along with their audiences.  This).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(This).getParent().style.display='none';">less

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